ASL Accessible Event: The Arts Matter!
Distant, Not Disengaged: The Arts Matter! COVID-19 Reality, Recovery and Response
Seeking Closed Captioner
Our organization has recently put a call out to contract an individual with closed captioning experience and am curious if it would be possible to circulate the posting within your community? Ideally we are seeking to employ an individual from the disability community. If this is something your organization is able to do, you can find the posting here:
Thank you in advance, please let me know if you have any questions.
Kait Blake (she/her)
Administrative Director
BC Government News: BC’s Restart Plan – ASL by Jodi
BC Government News: BC’s Restart Plan
Last updated: May 6, 2020
BC’s Restart Plan lays out a series of steps that we will take together to protect people and ensure that our province can come back from COVID-19 stronger than before.
Watch these series of steps in ASL below:
1. Overview: https://youtu.be/EvdM5pGrtpk
2. Protective measures we’ve taken in BC have made a difference: https://youtu.be/uEmRmvz_fws
3. The next stage of our challenge: https://youtu.be/0ijBlfYMVfU
4. How we’ll keep transmission low: https://youtu.be/SFatBgjX4SY
5. How we’ll start getting people back to work: https://youtu.be/p7dmunTbINg
6. Some next steps to make life a little easier: https://youtu.be/be3SQeCsCLs
7. How we’ll keep taking care of each other: https://youtu.be/dkkTbiYnBQk
8. The little things make a big difference: https://youtu.be/PJHqXFR1zgM
WIDHH: Job Club May 2020
The Employment Counselling team at Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility is pleased to announce a new Job Club series on May 25th, 26th and 29th.
Sessions will include: Networking and Self-Marketing, Workplace Expectations, and Disability Management & Disclosure in the Workplace.
View the full details and register here: https://forms.gle/Hcq1gb84vdsDHzwr7
Watch in ASL: https://youtu.be/Q-te9NfvkYk
Helping Others
Tammy, GVAD Secretary is signing in the vlog with black background.
Transcript below.
Helping Others
Many of us are helping each other and that’s AWESOME!
It has come to our attention that there are some people who are in need of groceries but do not fit the criterias of our agencies mandates.
These individuals are falling through the crack. There are some people who are either not qualified for Employment Insurance (EI) or Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), or haven’t yet received funds.
We are looking for members in the community who can contribute financially to people who need groceries. The funds will go towards food gift cards or e-transfers. Donors will not be announced publicly.
The people who demonstrate the need for groceries will be screened on a case by case basis. All cases will remain anonymous citing privacy reasons.
Please contact gvadoffice@gmail.com if you need help with groceries.
To donate funds, please send an e-transfer to gvadtreasurer@gmail.com with the password: pandemic. A tax receipt will be issued for all amounts of $20 and above.
Stay safe
Practice social distancing
Keep washing your hands as often as you can for 20 seconds
Keep sanitizing your hands
CAV-AVS: Embrava Blynclight Standard
EMBRAVA BLYNCLIGHT STANDARD – NOW COMPATIBLE FOR USE WITH CANADA VRS APPS FOR PC AND MAC!
May 1, 2020
The Embrava Blynclight Standard is an easy-to-use device that flashes when you are receiving a Canada VRS call. It also lets people near you know when you are available for a VRS call. The light connects easily to your PC or Mac computer and allows you to choose from several blinking colours.
To learn more about Embrava Blynclight Standard, explore the User Guide and to make a purchase, visit the XAV Solution website.
Langley Church providing ASL interpretation for Sunday Services
Beginning May 10, 2020, North Langley Community Church will provide live-streamed professional ASL interpretation of our Sunday morning worship online. More information can be found on our website at www.nlcc.ca/asl (beginning May 4), and the stream can be accessed on Youtube here.
The service streams from 10:00 – 11:15 am every Sunday morning. Please join us for a little bit of spiritual encouragement in the midst of a strange season.
For more information or with any questions, email me at timm@nlcc.ca. For more information on NLCC, see our website: www.nlcc.ca.
Upcoming Summer Intensive ASL Courses at VCC
Upcoming Summer Intensive ASL Courses at Vancouver Community College (VCC)
VCC is offering two ASL courses this summer – SIGN 1000 and SIGN 2000.
July 6 – August 14, 2020
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Online (Zoom) or Broadway Campus if in-classroom instruction resumes
$476.91 (subject to change without notice), a text package is extra
Info Sessions:
Want to know more about VCC’s ASL & Deaf studies programs and courses?
Join us at an info session to learn about the program overview and history, the entrance requirements, and the registration process, and to experience a live interaction with ASL in a casual, friendly setting.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Online)
Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Online)
Please sign up at:
https://www.vcc.ca/programscourses/languages-and-writing/sign-language-studies/
Deaf Children’s Society – Help Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids in BC
https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/helpdcs
Deaf Children’s Society of BC (DCS) is a registered charity and not-for-profit agency that provides resources, programs, support and information to families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children from birth to age five. Currently we are the ONLY organization in British Columbia providing pre-school and daycare services in American Sign Language, which is primarily how our clients learn to communicate and function in the world.
BC Centre for Disease Control: 10 videos in ASL
http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/about-covid-19/translated-content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=lfAIvrSZg8c&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4c2IQTwsho&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My0584e9k8U&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62kpE1DknA&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrcQwu4hUg&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y62kpE1DknA&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3y4wLyJYhU&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53EJ4ZW-y-c&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b0DqxX-pNY&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLLMHgUzBo&feature=emb_title
